Child shot outside dance studio in North Conventry

North Coventry firemen assist Penn Star crew on loading a boy onto a helicopter Friday, May 9, 2014. The boy was shot in the leg on West Main Street in North Coventry Township. He was airlifted to CHOP. Photo by John Strickler/21st Century Media.

The victim is reportedly a young boy who was tended to by emergency officials before being taken from the scene in an ambulance. A Penn Star helicopter was called to the scene and transported the boy to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Police were seen talking to other children at the scene and pacing an adjoining alley where two bicycles could be seen lying on the ground.

Students could be seen leaving the dance studio visibly shaken by what happened. Police were walking children from the school to their waiting parents.